The Palace of Justice is the principal residence of the Supreme Court of Peru, and a symbol of the judiciary. It is located downtown Lima, in front of the Avenue of the naval heroes. The idea of ​​building the palace appeared in the days of Augusto Legua. The building was completed in 10 years under the rule of new President Oscar Benavides in 1939.

At the entrance to the Palace of Justice building on both sides of the main staircase are two marble lion. According to popular tradition, the people of Peru, honoring the power and wisdom of tigers and lions, in the late XIX and early XX centuries tried to decorate their palaces and parks of sculptures. After the Pacific War (1979-1883 biennium) only a small part of them remained in their places, most of the marble statues of lions were transported to the Paseo Colon in the center of Lima.

The facade of a building in neoclassical style was designed by Polish architect Bruno Paprovski, which was inspired by the Palace of Justice, built in Brussels (Belgium), designed by architect Joseph Pularta in eclectic style with elements of Greco-Roman dome. By the day of the opening of the Palace of Justice in Lima in 1939 it was minted commemorative bronze medal with a print of the general form of the Palace of Justice, which has some similarity to the Palacio del Congreso de la Natio in Buenos Aires.

With the growth and development of the state most of the ships were forced to stay in the other rooms. Currently, the Palace of Justice is located only Supreme Court Collegium for Criminal Cases of the Judicial District of Lima, archive (in the basement), the Lima Bar Association and several criminal courts of first instance in Peru. Also in the basement of the building is a prison pre-trial detention of persons over whom hangs an order for the arrest or provisional arrest, for quick access to judges and their assistants on duty to these persons.